Biography
Katarzyna Haras graduated with honours from the Department of Vocal Performance at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, Katowice, Poland where she studied under Professor Alice Słowakiewicz - Wolański. She completed her postgraduate studies at the Academy in 2008 and her Doctorate in 2023.
Current Work
For the last 12 years she has been a full time soloist at the prestigious Wroclaw ./ Breslau Opera in Poland. Regular performances include; Cherubino in 'The Marriage of Figaro', Dorabella in 'Cosi fan tutte', Second Dame in 'The Magic Flute' and Donna Elvira in 'Don Giovanni'. She has also performed Hedwig in 'The Haunted Manor' St. Moniuszko, Carmen in 'Carmen'. Aza in 'Manru' J.I. Paderewski directed by Laco Adamik, Olga in 'Eugene Onegin' and Eboli in Don Carlo directed by Waldemar Zawodziński.. In addition regualr performances of Delilah in 'Samson and Delilah' and Octavian in 'Rosenkavalier' as well as Lola in 'Cavellerio Rusticana..'. Other roles include Greta in 'Pulapka' ; Death , 'Paradise Lost' , Alice in 'Lucia di Lammermoor' and Flora in 'La Traviatta'
.See Performance schedule for the 2023/24 season
Notable Past Achievements
2006 Giacomo Puccini - Suor Angelica (under the supervision of Prof. Teresa Żylis-Gara in Radziejowice and Łowiczu)
2006 Mozart concert with Lodz Philharmonic
2007 Prize winner - vocal competition Stonavska Barborka
2008 Prize winner - International vocal competition Mikulas Schnaider-Trnavskiego, Slovakia
2008 Operatic debut playing Rosina in 'The Barber of Seville' Rossini Opera Festival in Amarante, Portugal, under the direction of Jose Ferreira-Lobo (Orquestra de Norte)
2008 Semifinalist 'Jette Parker Young Artists' Royal Opera House in Covent Garden
2011 With Wrocław/Breslau Opera played 'Carmen' at the Festival Opera in Xanten, Germany
Current Work
For the last 12 years she has been a full time soloist at the prestigious Wroclaw ./ Breslau Opera in Poland. Regular performances include; Cherubino in 'The Marriage of Figaro', Dorabella in 'Cosi fan tutte', Second Dame in 'The Magic Flute' and Donna Elvira in 'Don Giovanni'. She has also performed Hedwig in 'The Haunted Manor' St. Moniuszko, Carmen in 'Carmen'. Aza in 'Manru' J.I. Paderewski directed by Laco Adamik, Olga in 'Eugene Onegin' and Eboli in Don Carlo directed by Waldemar Zawodziński.. In addition regualr performances of Delilah in 'Samson and Delilah' and Octavian in 'Rosenkavalier' as well as Lola in 'Cavellerio Rusticana..'. Other roles include Greta in 'Pulapka' ; Death , 'Paradise Lost' , Alice in 'Lucia di Lammermoor' and Flora in 'La Traviatta'
.See Performance schedule for the 2023/24 season
Notable Past Achievements
2006 Giacomo Puccini - Suor Angelica (under the supervision of Prof. Teresa Żylis-Gara in Radziejowice and Łowiczu)
2006 Mozart concert with Lodz Philharmonic
2007 Prize winner - vocal competition Stonavska Barborka
2008 Prize winner - International vocal competition Mikulas Schnaider-Trnavskiego, Slovakia
2008 Operatic debut playing Rosina in 'The Barber of Seville' Rossini Opera Festival in Amarante, Portugal, under the direction of Jose Ferreira-Lobo (Orquestra de Norte)
2008 Semifinalist 'Jette Parker Young Artists' Royal Opera House in Covent Garden
2011 With Wrocław/Breslau Opera played 'Carmen' at the Festival Opera in Xanten, Germany
Conductors Worked With:
Jacek Kaspszyk ;Tadeusz Serafin; Mirosław Błaszczyk; Ewa Michnik; Tomasz Szreder;Tadeusz Zathey; Krzysztof Dziewięcki; Jose Ferreira Lobo; Ruben Silva; Francesco Bottiliero; Walter E. Gugerbauer; Marcin Nałęcz-Niesiołowski ; Tadeusz Wojciechowski
Stage Directors Worked With:
Laco Adamik; Wiesław Ochman; Michał Znaniecki; Waldemar Zawodziński; Georg Rootering; Ewelina Pietrowiak; Giancarlo del Monaco; Anette Leistenschneider; Yury Alexandrov; Maciej Prus; Henryk Konwiński
Jacek Kaspszyk ;Tadeusz Serafin; Mirosław Błaszczyk; Ewa Michnik; Tomasz Szreder;Tadeusz Zathey; Krzysztof Dziewięcki; Jose Ferreira Lobo; Ruben Silva; Francesco Bottiliero; Walter E. Gugerbauer; Marcin Nałęcz-Niesiołowski ; Tadeusz Wojciechowski
Stage Directors Worked With:
Laco Adamik; Wiesław Ochman; Michał Znaniecki; Waldemar Zawodziński; Georg Rootering; Ewelina Pietrowiak; Giancarlo del Monaco; Anette Leistenschneider; Yury Alexandrov; Maciej Prus; Henryk Konwiński